The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The Dark Knight Rises Synopsis

Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale ("The Fighter") again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose"), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules") plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby") reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on "Batman Begins" and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

The Dark Knight Rises showcased a number of intriguing female characters. However, one notable actress who was unsuccessful in an apparent attempt to join that group was Zoë Kravitz. In a recent interview the actress reveals the rather offensive reason she was allegedly given for her failure to land the Gotham City gig.

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While a movie’s box office numbers are a good sign of its popularity or the level of anticipation it was able to muster, one could argue that Blu-ray sales are an indicator of just how beloved that title is.

Poor Bale. Christopher Nolan wrapped his Batman trilogy up in a tidy bow. Probably TOO tidy, giving everyone a happy ending whether they earned it or not. And yet, the actor (and likely the director) will always have to answer to fan theories and speculation

Although Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy was a tremendous success, its last entry is still heavily debated among fans. However, now there’s a bizarre new theory concerning The Dark Knight Rises villain Bane that will paint the movie in an entire new light for everyone.

Christopher Nolan has revealed that he originally turned down a far-fetching plot for The Dark Knight from his brother during the sequel’s development. But rather than feeling dejected about his refusal, Jonathan Nolan simply used it for his television series Persons Of Interest instead.

Here you’ll find our latest quiz, testing just how well all of you know the not-so-famous players in the history of DC Comics based films. Read our hints, guess the name, check your answers, and be sure to take our poll at the end to see how well you did compared to others!

Stupid Bane (Tom Hardy). That dude ruins everything for the poor citizens of Gotham. Want to take your kids to a Gotham Rogues football game? Bane’s blowing up the field. And you booked a downtown chapel for your long-awaited wedding? Bane has to photobomb your pictures by flirting you’re your bridesmaids!

We got to thinking about the roles that required Bale to alter his appearance. Sometimes it’s a hairstyle. Sometimes it’s a lack of hygiene. Often it has to do with his body build, either bulking up to fight crime, or slimming down to deal with the consequences of his action.

With The Dark Knight Trilogy Blu-ray set arriving on September 24, it's a chance not only to look back at last summer's The Dark Knight Rises, but uncover the steps for the creation of the entire trilogy of Batman films from Christopher Nolan. Yesterday we brought you the video from the Blu-ray of Christian Bale auditioning as Batman, wearing Val Kilmer's suit from Batman Forever and acting opposite Amy Adams as Rachel Dawes

Well we may have gotten our first look at the set, if the above photo is in fact a legitimate piece of promotional material. It was posted by the Polish Batman site Batcave.com.pl, which took some of its information from a pre-order post on the French Amazon site.

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Sam Raimi admits that he had tapped Anne Hathaway to play Felicia Hardy in the unmade Spider-Man 4, which fell apart in pre-production. “I didn't get to see Batman ... but I hear she's great in it. I'm not surprised, because I loved what she was doing with the auditions for Spider-Man 4,” the director said.

The user, nailbiter111, doesn’t clarify where these storyboards were discovered. Here’s hoping that they’re actually Nolan’s, because they provide valuable insight into the structure of his large-scale action scenes, and the filmmaker can often be coy about revealing too much about his process.

From a domestic box office perspective, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games were the winners in 2012, with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Skyfall coming in fourth and fifth respectively. The latter two spots on the list are more impressive when you consider that both films have only been out for a month or so. Regardless, these films raked in the dough, but only two of them made the Top 10 list of most pirated movies of 2012.

This has been a big year for blockbuster films - a year that we've been waiting for a long time. Joss Whedon delivered his version of The Avengers ; Christopher Nolan completed his Dark Knight Trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises; Gary Ross kicked off the start of The Hunger Games franchise; Bill Condon ended Twilight; Peter Jackson went back to Middle-earth for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey...

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The Internet is flooded with top 10 lists right now, as critics and fans and everyone in-between lines up everything they liked best this year. We'll have our own Top 10s coming toward the end of the month, and trying not to pay too much attention to too many others in the meantime, but the annual list from the American Film Institute deserves special attention

Lee Smith says that the concept of Wayne as a billionaire recluse drew from a Howard Highes biopic that Nolan wanted to do with DiCaprio, but ultimately let slide. Now I want to spy the background of those opening scenes in Rises to see if Wayne keeps any bottles of urine next to the safe with his late mom’s pearls.

With The Dark Knight Rises now out on Blu-ray and DVD, critics and movie fans have resurrected the conversation about the controversial conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. In just the past week, a newly released featurette has given insight into the film's most talked about fight scene, and an "honest" trailer humorously pointed out a plethora of its plot holes, including the curious final sequence.

The folks at Screen Junkies have made a name for themselves by creating a series of "honest trailers," which take footage from some of the year's most popular movies and recut them with voiceover that's more truthful (a.k.a. snarkier) than what we were given in the marketing. They do it to movies that really deserve their scorn

What with most of their faces being covered by costuming, it would seem like Christian Bale and Tom Hardy—playing Batman and Bane respectively—could easily tap out of the climactic and physically taxing fight choreography, allowing for stuntmen to do the scene's heavy lifting.

According to Nolan, he doesn’t necessarily believe what most fans have been saying, and that’s the fact that Batman isn’t Batman if it isn’t Bruce Wayne. And to go one step further, it feels like Warner agrees with this notion, if they’re exploring the idea of letting John Blake continue as Batman, the “symbol” protecting Gotham from evil.

It's just a rumor for now, but a completely fascinating one, and one that opens up all kinds of strange possibilities for the story a Justice League movie would tell. The biggest hurdle, of course, is that Gordon-Levitt isn't Bruce Wayne, and would be a tie-in to Nolan's universe in which, of course, Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne. Would a Justice League really do away with Bruce Wayne entirely and stick with a character Nolan invented for his third Batman film?

Hathaway showed her versatility by playing Catwoman with the expected sensuality and a hint of danger that’s essential to the character. There’s a reason why, in the early days before Nolan actually opened The Dark Knight Rises, Warner focused a lot of its campaign on Catwoman.

The Dark Knight Rises is guaranteed to be one of the biggest Blu-ray releases of the upcoming holiday season, since Christopher Nolan's Gotham is so richly detailed and interesting that it's exactly the kind of thing you want to explore on an elaborate Blu-ray set. Warner Bros. has made some big promises about the kinds of extras we can expect on the set

Whether or not you felt that The Dark Knight Rises couldn't quite live up to the months (no, make that years) of hype that led up to it, we can all agree that the film's marketing campaign was one of its best parts. The series of teaser trailers and posters doled out carefully in the first half of 2012 kept fan anticipation stoked

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We'll be writing a lot about the costume choices of movie fans in the coming week, as Halloween arrives and brings with it a lot of people-- adults and kids alike-- who want to dress up as their favorite characters from the big screen. But over at Fandango they've taken a poll of all the moviegoers likely to wear costumes this year

Pfister went on record and called The Avengers “appalling” because of “odd” camera angles used by director of photography Seamus McGarvey. “I’d think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie."

After amassing over a billion dollars worldwide, the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, is preparing for an epic Blu-ray release. The film will hit Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on December 4, and will even be available in a limited edition set that will feature a bat cowl. If you want to look a bit more in-depth at the goodies the Blu-ray set will feature, Warner Bros. is offering fans a first look at the set.

Those who still haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises or are eager to see it again might still be able to find it playing in one of their local theaters. But if you're waiting to purchase the film on DVD/Blu-ray, there are still a few months go to before that can happen. On the bright side, the release date has officially been set and we now have a look at the limited edition set that will be available.

It's not a formal press release or anything, but by posting a teaser trailer on YouTube with their official online account, Warner Brothers has effectively confirmed the Blu-Ray and DVD release date for The Dark Knight Rises. You can take a look at the trailer below

Those hoping for extended Batman goodness when The Dark Knight Rises eventually reaches DVD and Blu-ray should brace for disappointment. The cut you saw in theaters reportedly will be the cut of the film that you get on the disc.

Married to his producer wife, appearing everywhere in natty suits and largely keeping to himself as much as possible, Christopher Nolan is pretty much the last person you'd expect to show up on TMZ, or in the middle of a lawsuit. But that's exactly where the Dark Knight Rises director finds himself today

Christopher Nolan has never made a director's cut of one of his films, but could he change the pattern for The Dark Knight Rises? That's the rumor going around, at least, with a report that Nolan will make his first director's cut available on the film's Blu-Ray release, currently unannounced but probably due later this year

Though The Avengers hit the impressive $1.5 billion mark at the global box office today, they weren't the only superheroes to hit a major milestone over this slow holiday weekend. The Dark Knight Rises, which of course opened nearly two months after The Avengers, has now made $1 billion worldwide

Here in the United States, The Avengers is the runaway box office hit of the year, having made nearly $200 million more than its nearest competition, The Dark Knight Rises. But across the pond in the United Kingdom-- where maybe they're just less interested in a movie that stars a guy named Captain America

The movie industry focuses on sheer box office grosses far more than tickets sold for a very simple reason-- thanks to inflation and rising ticket prices, you can always claim your films are more successful than those from the year before. It turns movie history into a constantly upward-moving graph, and belies what all of us know when we choose to stay home with Netflix on a Friday night

If you haven’t seen The Dark Knight Rises I highly recommend at this time that you stay far, far away from this article. In fact, close it down right now, head to your local theater, see the movie, and then come back here. Then you can enjoy all of the spoilery goodness that lies inside.

After three weeks at the top of the North American box office, The Dark Knight Rises has finally been knocked out of the #1 spot-- and it took a trained super spy to do it. The Bourne Legacy made a little less than originally estimated on Friday, taking in $14 million instead of $15 million, but it's still on track for a strong $41 million opening weekend

Let's kick things off with a little spoiler warning, shall we? If you haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises, still want to, and haven't had the movie ruined for you by other people already, my best suggestion at this moment is that you completely ignore the idea that you ever clicked on this page and either head somewhere else on our site or go look at pictures of kittens. There is no home for you here.

That’s former SNL comedian Chris Kattan in the Bane mask, and this clip’s actually funnier than virtually anything he did on the late-night sketch show. His response to the drive-thru teller, alone, is worth your time watching this. Seriously, can’t we all just agree that Bane’s voice in Rises is terrible?

What if we could tell side spin-offs about other 2012 movies? What other films set up characters or ideas that you'd follow, not into their own story, but separately within the story already being told? We're not talking sequels or prequels here, but seeing a story from one movie told from a completely different angle

So what have you been doing with your toys lately? Odds are, if you're not still a child, you've long since stopped using action figures to re-enact scenes from your favorite movies or TV shows, or best of all, mashing up different characters-- Ninja Turtles vs. G.I. Joes!-- to make entirely new ones

as we move on from the event, and Holmes's monstrous act gets further separated from the film itself, those keeping an eye on The Dark Knight Rises can't help but notice that the movie, while massive, just can't keep pace with its predecessor. And now, finally, Warner Bros. has made the connection they've avoided for so long